Word: progressives
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...running—that is, all except for the Undergraduate Council, whose flawed election schedule leaves students virtually without representation during the summer and the first month back in Cambridge. Instead of the president and vice president shouldering the burden alone—leading to logistical difficulties and stalling progress on ongoing projects—the UC should continue to meet with the same representatives as the year before, until elections determine a changing of the guard in October...
...According to this comprehensive analysis, progress is being made across the continent against a range of key governance indicators," the foundations annual survey reported. Indeed, some of Africa's brightest hopes are those that until recently had been some of its most depressing stories. Several of the continent's fastest-growing economies are former war zones, such as Angola, Mozambique and Liberia, and - with Angola a notable exception - many of those are also showing most improvement in governance. The index assesses national governments against 57 criteria divided into five broad categories: safety and security; rule of law, transparency and corruption...
...ease international tensions and improve the lives of millions of people. We acknowledge, as Washington’s critics often point out, that American foreign policy is not perfect, but we believe that a healthy respect for the national interest can coexist with a policy of engagement and progress in the future.In particular, we are concerned about the lack of democracy and transparency in China’s nascent civil society. Recently, we were devastated by reports that infant formula tainted by melanine was responsible for the poisoning of thousands of Chinese infants, and that candy contaminated by the same...
...ambassador to Nigeria, “the film showed what the Civil Rights Movement did not have time to accomplish—solving economic problems in the black community, especially poverty.” Similarly, Lawrence Hamm, leader of the Newark-based People’s Organization for Progress and a speaker on the panel, said, “We have changed the political structure, but we have not changed the fundamental condition of the people.” The presentation was part of a series of talks based on a variety of media—authors’ readings...
...theme but style, been seen this side of the Yangtze. Perhaps I didn’t fully realize the situation at that instant, but the experience certainly helped to stoke my fears that the financial incentive to tailor one’s art to mirror prevailing tastes might impede progress and override creativity. Fresh-out-of-art-school artists can make a decent living doing so, selling as much to new Chinese money as they can to naïve Manhattanites most likely inspired by an article in Sunday Styles to go on a thrill trip and get their hands...